သိ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s (to know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: si. • ALA-LC: si • BGN/PCGN: thi. • Okell: thí

Verb

သိ (si.)

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)
    • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, p. 113:
      ကိုဇော် ကိုဝင်းနဲ့ ကိုမင်းကို သိတယ်။
      kuijau kuiwang:nai. kuimang:kui si.tai||
      I know Ko Zaw, Ko Win and Ko Min.
      ကျွန်တော့် ဖုန်းနံပါတ် သိလား။
      kywantau. hpun:nampat si.la:||
      Do you know my phone number?

References


Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

သိ (sɔeˀ)

  1. rice beer, rice spirits

Etymology 2

From Pali [Term?]

Noun

သိ (sɔeˀ)

  1. hermit

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *soᴬ/ᴮ (sheep). Cognate with Western Pwo ၥိၪ.

Noun

သိ (tho)

  1. sheep.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Western Pwo ၥိၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤢꤨ (thu).

Noun

သိ (tho)

  1. fat; oil.
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